-- Leaders Discuss Growth Opportunities in the New Regulatory Environment --

    PETERBOROUGH, N.H., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- With SEC Chairman Arthur
Levitt and Deloitte & Touche CEO James Quigley heading a select group of
consulting industry pioneers, Kennedy Information's Consulting Summit at New
York's Plaza Hotel October 21-22 will address the future of consulting in the
new regulatory environment and how it is revolutionizing every aspect of the
economy, forcing consultants to reformulate their offerings and to rethink
their entire engagement framework.
    In addition to Mr. Levitt and Mr. Quigley, Kennedy Information's fourth
annual Consulting Summit features many of the industry leaders who pioneered
the tactics and strategies that have allowed client businesses to thrive and
grow in the new regulatory environment including: William Goodyear, CEO,
Navigant Consulting; Stewart Clements, President, Accenture Finance Solutions;
George Stalk, Senior Vice President, the Boston Consulting Group, Ted
Fernandez, CEO, Answerthink; Atul Vshistha, CEO, neoIT; Ned Stringham, CEO,
SBI Group; plus William Allen and Brad Smith, both VPs with Kennedy
Information's consulting advisory and research groups, respectively.
    In 12 targeted sessions, topics at the Summit range from the impact of the
new regulations on strategy and tactics and the new services consultants can
offer to help clients thrive going forward, to hardball competitive tactics,
CFO decision making, leveraging intellectual capital and the challenges of
globalization.  Attendees will also have their say at a lively Town Meeting on
the second day.  Said Kennedy Information CEO Joe Bremner, "With thought
leaders like Arthur Levitt and James Quigley on the platform, and our focus on
the challenges and the opportunities presented by the new regulatory
environment, we believe that the Summit will be the networking event of the
year.  And this year we've sweetened the deal with a free night at the Plaza
for the first 100 paid registrants."
    Additional details and registration information on the Consulting Summit
is available by calling Kennedy Information at 800-531-0007 or visiting the
Summit Web site at http://www.ConsultingCentral.com/Summit2004.  Sponsors
include Epicor Software Corp. (EPIC), Interface Software, Inc., Microsoft
(MSFT), IBM (IBM), Deltek Systems, Inc., Compuware (CPWR), Oakwood Worldwide,
Fisher Professional Services, Consulting Magazine and The Wall Street Journal.

    About Kennedy Information, Inc.
    Kennedy Information, Inc. the leading information source on consulting
since 1970, publishes Consultants News, Global IT Services Report, and
Management Consultant International, plus Consulting Magazine and The
Directory of Management Consultants.  The company also produces annual
conferences for thought leaders in consulting and powers the consulting Web
portal, http://www.ConsultingCentral.com.
    Described by Fortune magazine as "authoritative" and regularly quoted by
The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times of London, CNN and other major
media outlets, Kennedy Information's editors and analysts are the world's
foremost experts on the consulting industry.

    CONTACT:
     Robert Whitney, Executive Vice President
     Kennedy Information, Inc.
     800-531-0007 ext. 648
     rwhitney@kennedyinfo.com

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